Strong's Lexicon
G3741 — ὅσιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3741 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὅσιος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | hosios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hos'-ee-os |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) right (by intrinsic or divine character) 2. (specifically) holy (pious, sacred, sure) {distinguished from G1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413, which denotes formal consecration; and from G40, which relates to purity from defilement} |
| KJV Renderings: | holy, mercy, shalt be |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅσιος, ὅσια, ὅσιον, and once (1Ti 2:8) of two terminations (as in Plato, legg. 8, p. 831 d.; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities, 5, 71 at the end; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; Buttmann, 26 (23); the feminine occurs in the N. T. only in the passage cited); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. chiefly for çÈñÄéã (cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 81 (and references under the word ἅγιος, at the end)); "undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing every moral obligation, pure, holy, pious" (Plato, Gorgias, p. 507 b. περί μέν ἀνθρώπους τά προσηκοντα πράττων δικαἰ ἄν πραττοι, περί δέ θεούς ὅσια. The distinction between δίκαιος and ὅσιος is given in the same way by Polybius 23, 10, 8; Schol. ad Euripides, Hec. 788; Chariton 1, 10; (for other examples see Trench, § lxxxviii.; Wetstein on Eph 4:24; but on its applicability to N. T. usage see Trench, as above; indeed Plato elsewhere (Euthyphro, p. 12 e.) makes δίκαιος the generic and ὅσιος the specific term)); of men: Tit 1:8; Heb 7:26; οἱ ὅσιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, the pious toward God, God’s pious worshippers (Wis 4:15 and often in the Psalms); so in a peculiar and pre-eminent sense of the Messiah (A. V. thy Holy One): Act 2:27; Act 13:35, after Psalm 15:10 (); χεῖρες (Aeschylus cho. 378; Sophocles O. C. 470), 1Ti 2:8. of God, holy: Rev 15:4; Rev 16:5 (also in secular authors occasionally of the gods; the Orphica, Arg. 27; hymn. 77, 2; of God in Deu 32:4 for éÈùÈÑø; Psalm 144:17 () for çÈñÄéã, cf. Wis 5:19); τά ὅσια Δαυίδ, the holy things (of God) promised to David, i. e. the Messianic blessings, Act 13:34 from Isa 55:3.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὅσιος (holy)
Acts 2:27
- KJV: Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption
- GK: ότι ουκ εγκαταλείψεις την ψυχήν μου εις Άδου ουδέ δώσεις τον όσιόν σου ιδείν διαφθοράν
Acts 13:34
- KJV: And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead no more to return to corruption he said on this wise I will give you the sure mercies of David
- GK: ότι δε ανέστησεν αυτόν εκ νεκρών μηκέτι μέλλοντα υποστρέφειν εις διαφθοράν ούτως είρηκεν ότι δώσω υμίν τα όσια Δαβίδ τα πιστά
Acts 13:35
- KJV: Wherefore he saith also in another Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption
- GK: διό και εν ετέρω λέγει ου δώσεις τον όσιόν σου ιδείν διαφθοράν
1 Timothy 2:8
- KJV: I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting
- GK: βούλομαι ούν προσεύχεσθαι τους άνδρας εν παντί τόπω επαίροντας οσίους χείρας χωρίς οργής και διαλογισμού
Titus 1:8
- KJV: But a lover of hospitality a lover of good men sober just holy temperate
- GK: αλλά φιλόξενον φιλάγαθον σώφρονα δίκαιον όσιον εγκρατή
Hebrews 7:26
- KJV: For such an high priest became us holy harmless undefiled separate from sinners and made higher than the heavens
- GK: τοιούτος γαρ ημίν έπρεπεν αρχιερεύς όσιος άκακος αμίαντος κεχωρισμένος από των αμαρτωλών και υψηλότερος των ουρανών γενόμενος
Revelation 15:4
- KJV: Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorify thy name for only holy for all nations shall come and worship before thee for thy judgments are made manifest
- GK: τις ου φοβηθή σε κύριε και δοξάση το όνομά σου ότι μόνος αγιος ει ότι πάντα τα έθνη ήξουσι και προσκυνήσουσιν ενώπιόν σου ότι τα δικαιώματά σου εφανερώθησαν
Revelation 16:5
- KJV: And I heard the angel of the waters say Thou art righteous O Lord which art and wast and shalt be because thou hast judged thus
- GK: και ήκουσα του αγγέλου των υδάτων λέγοντος δίκαιος ει ο ων και ο ην ο όσιος ότι ταύτα έκρινας